Even if the Gutenberg program predates appleworks The Prodos users disk will convert dos 3.3 files to prodos files. The key is making it as easy as possible. Granted a null modem cable would be the fastest... If.... all of the settings were ok. But most users have no idea how to use that cable. I recently xfered (8) 800k disk files to MsWord format. These files converted to the pee cee format now take up about 18 megabytes. The end result Pee-Cee page looked the same as the Macwrite 4.5 document done on an Apple 2 Gs. I know a sucessful lawyer who still uses a Commodore 64 for word processing. He prints on a Citizen dot matrix printer. Getting those documents converted to the IBM format would be a task.
> ---------- > From: Apple2list[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of > Byron Q. Desnoyers Winmill[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Reply To: Apple2list > Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2004 1:19 PM > To: Apple2list > Subject: Re: [Fwd: DuoDisk and 3.5" drives on the //c] > > On Thu, Apr 08, 2004 at 01:05:41PM -0500, Nord, Al wrote: > > Why are all of the people posting here trying to reinvent the wheel? > > [...] I have done this lots of times > > I don't think it is so much a matter of reinventing the wheel as > different people having different methods and access to different > types of hardware. (Though I can see how my method could be regarded > as reinventing the wheel, you could easily use a printer which does > not support control codes and end up with plain text files. It > depends upon how important the formatting is. If the person wants > to convert it to XML, it may be easier to hire a programmer to > automate the process anyway. It depends upon how much material > there is.) > > Also, going back to the original post you will see that a word > processor called "Gutenberg" was used (no association with the > Gutenberg Project, no association with the original Gutenberg press > ;-). We don't know if it is compatable with AppleWorks. Seeming > as my catalog suggests that it runs on a Plus, it may predate > AppleWorks in the first place. > > Byron. > > -- > Apple2list is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ > / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > Apple2list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/apple2.html> > --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; > Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/apple2list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com > -- Apple2list is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Apple2list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/apple2.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/apple2list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
